Atlanta woman uses her poll tax exemption certificate to educate others about their right to vote

Atlanta-based voting rights advocate Loretta Green says voting is sacred to her. The now 89-year-old voted for the first time at the age of 25 and can still remember the layered barriers and voting discrimination that African Americans faced when trying to exercise their constitutional right to vote.

The Air Force veteran, who served in the Korean War, was exempt from paying poll taxes before the 24th Amendment abolished it and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed discriminatory voting practices.

About four or five years ago, Green found her poll tax exemption certificate and has since used it to educate others about the importance of voting and the history of voting rights in the United States.